{"id":7196,"date":"2019-05-02T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2019-05-04T09:26:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T13:26:20","slug":"tiger-woods-to-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7196","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.40202247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.40202247.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.40202247-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Tiger Woods will be rewarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America\u2019s highest civilian honor, in a ceremony at the White House next Monday.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced the date in a tweet, which read: \u201cPresident Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to world-renowned golfer Tiger Woods on Monday, May 6 in the White House Rose Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump had already revealed in a tweet last month that Woods was to receive the honor in the wake of his remarkable 15th major triumph at The Masters in Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, who has played golf with the president on a number of occasions, will be the fourth golfer to receive the honor, after Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Charlie Sifford.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7196\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7196&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7196\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7196&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7196\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7196&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7196\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Woods will be rewarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America\u2019s highest civilian honor, in a ceremony at the White House next Monday. 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